Last Updated on January 10, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla The Triumph Brewing Company is located near the New Hope – Ivyland Train station. They offer a great assortment of beer as well as reasonably priced meals. We stopped by the Triumph Brewing Company in March of 2018 for lunch. We ate upstairs. The service […]

(June 2020). The closures have hit New Hope hard as they have almost everywhere else. Stores are vacant and for lease or sale. Restaurants have limited seating.  We visited prior to the “Green phase”.  There were a lot less people walking around than you would expect on a normal Friday evening in June. There were […]

(June 26 2020) Some views of Peddler’s Village in Lahaska as on June 26th showing the effects of the Covid shutdowns.  Our experience when visiting Peddler’s Village was very similar to our experience the previous week in New Hope.   Dining We wanted to head up to the Buttonwood Grill for a light dinner. When we […]

There were three airfields operated by Ernest Buehl in Bucks county over the years. These slides were marked Buehl Field.  There were a number of small airfields throughout the country from the early days of aviation. As land became more valuable many of them disappeared.  As of 2020, the grass strip Van Sant Airport north […]

Last Updated on January 10, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla Fonthill Castle was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer. Fonthill is one of three concrete structures build by Mercer. The other two are the Mercer Museum and the Moravian Pottery Works. Mercer mixed and poured the concrete by hand with the help of a couple […]

…Bucks County… Perkasie 5.4 928 PM 1/04 Trained Spotter Levittown 5.1 546 PM 1/04 Social Media Langhorne 4.4 726 PM 1/04 Trained Spotter Newtown 4.0 433 PM 1/04 Trained Spotter Doylestown 3.8 429 PM 1/04 Trained Spotter Furlong 3.3 517 PM 1/04 Trained Spotter …Montgomery County… Bryn Mawr 5.0 821 PM 1/04 Social Media King […]

Last Updated on January 10, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla My GF and I took a trip to the Mercer Museum in April 2017. It’s a fantastic, interesting place to visit. Henry Mercer, a wealthy Doylestown eccentric built the museum to house what he saw as an endangered part of Americana. The solid concrete structure […]

Last Updated on July 17, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla Update 2020 – High Tides is closed for the foreseeable future. See below A great restaurant and bar on the water. You can get there by boat as well as by car.  High Tides is closed for the foreseeable future – 2020 It seems that […]

Last Updated on January 10, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla There is a growing trend where unscrupulous people file fraudulent claims against the legitimate owners of properties. Fortunately Bucks County offers a free service that will alert you to such attempts.  The scam involves people who get enough information, some times from public records, to […]

As of September 2020 The Broken Goblet was serving outside. We visited to see an acoustic duo Monique and RJ.  We visited the Broken Goblet for a show by Monique and RJ. Due to Covid restrictions, the show was outside in their Biergarten. The Broken Goblet The Broken Goblet is a brewery in an industrial […]

Baci Ristorante is located in Buckingham in Doylestown Township. It is an Italian Restaurant serving Italian, American and English food as well as an extensive selection of beer.  Baci Ristorante – Northern Italian dining in Doylestown Baci’s menu has an emphasis on Northern Italian food. But it also offers American and an interesting selection of […]

Last Updated on August 8, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla The Bucks County Playhouse and some of the surrounding properties are undergoing some serious construction. Plans are underway to improve the theater, add dining and rooms and create a river walk. (2019 – much of the work has been completed) Update Aug 2020 Much of […]

Last Updated on August 7, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla The Ferry Market is in a newly renovated building (2018) across from the Logan Inn on Main Street in New Hope. We thought it was simply a collection of shops. It turned out that the Ferry Market is an Upscale Food Court. Update 2020 We […]

Last Updated on February 28, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla I found this little critter slithering along early in the spring on my basement floor. It’s a harmless Garden/Garter snake. They are venomous but can’t deliver a serious amount of venom. Anyway, I’m quicker than a snake so I grabbed him and took him out […]